The purpose of the narrative essay is to convey a life lesson that you have learned from your own direct personal experience

Instructions

MLA format and use three reliable sources. The purpose of the narrative essay is to convey a life lesson that you have learned from your own direct personal experience. The lesson should be one that other people can relate to or benefit from, such as, “The process of training to run a marathon taught me that people can accomplish great things if they seek out reliable help.” The experience you choose to write about should convey a life lesson that you have learned connected to your topic category—something about yourself, about people, or about the world. Your life lesson might even be as specific as something you learned about your family, your friends, or about the city or neighborhood you live in. Whatever the lesson, the important element is that you are writing about a lesson you learned based on life experience—and one that other people can benefit from.

The thesis statement for your narrative essay will be connected to your life lesson. The support (body paragraphs) can be made up of life experiences—both summary and detailed—as well as information from outside sources related to the topic you’ve chosen. As an example, an essay on the topic of technology might focus specifically on how reliant people are on cell phones. Using personal examples of losing my cell phone in various ways, I might organize my essay around the following thesis: “Each time I have lost my cell phone, I have experienced firsthand the level of technology dependence people in modern society have developed in recent decades.”

Ultimately, a narrative essay should do two main things: 1. Involve storytelling; 2. Express or convey some viewpoint (a lesson or message) about the topic category you have chosen.

Your narrative essay should be a minimum of 3 pages in length (750 words) and include a Works Cited page with 2 reliable sources. The entire document should be properly formatted in MLA style. You should be sure to include well-formed introduction and conclusion paragraphs, and your body paragraphs should be well-organized with clear topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph.